New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-17
BONNER LEAVES THE LEDGER
Ms SONS TO CONTINUE THE PAPER.

,-,,,x,scrycrs OF THE VETERAN KDIr"R-soMH
or THE WRITER'S WHOM II" HAS had
. ,., york L.dosr for saturday. December ~. WI"
CHI, the firm. nam, Of 81 Robert Bonner = "o"'.
,s,ors aud proprietors instead of the familiar
a.nnsr"; and no following public Hnnou"00"'"
,xplain he change: $3.50. I'm. N,,p yore
THIS week rr,r. from the Gs mi interest
'fsdr ne Ida,, Building ana sSsT , r
ns 3 si The urn Roosr, xon and energy
have an aban "a o. rran to not
bnsGs %% ,s to =, IN cn a 70 Of ny viii
from time TO tine have the beueh' OF sue" '
@r as month si"G; sTltn sn Ts
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%Sc have connected with the paper n on
them entru,t ,em.It III I'm .9 Ts
haze n the s y and instructive rmv
Jtd0" orlsn'' eh'''' ""'"' ROBERT BONNER
AR Bonner looks hale AMI hearty in spite OF his years
.,hard work He Is Of shscotch family having oo0n
horn In Londonderry Ireland, in 1924
"a. you know" said he to q TRiBUsH reporter
,..t ev,nng "the north Of IRELAND Is prao
IDEALLY a bit of Scotland. oe'ns pooP'oa
With the Scotch. can "Soo my
hack to tho Scottish Covcnaniers gu o"th s'oes ''
luce" Mr. Bonnsr vent to Hartford. Conn. where his
,cle was prosperous farmer In 1874 He there began
A., journalistic training by learning printing In The
n.,vant office; and somo years afterward. on
r.moyiug to Now.York. no found employment
a, The Eoeufng Mercury. then ownrd by N.
D Will, AMI George r. Morris He also corresponded
Sr The Corani and other important papers In Boston,
Albany and Washington. lie took up The Ledger In
,s,l How he made 1t success is bot told In his own
words $500 49, ....
"The paper at that time called The
Merchants Ledger. and devoted to the IN erests 81
,s,l.S 4 q "a
gradually changed the scope OF the paper. To give
nv acquisition held " the bookstores offices
YsctN p williss sister Fanny Fern then the most
opuar sketch write In the country u writer story for
Known as ',he-hundred dollar column story
that being tho price paid her. Pretty good space
Yset Oh, yes, but the column was big. rs The Ledger
WAS folio size then. The next great feature the
Mount Vernon Papers, published In The Lager In
1853"
Here Mr. Bonner handed the reporter book bearing
the following autographs inscription:
To Robert Bonner 90. tns volume which owes its exist
Tdwsri Everett, boston 23d july. 1860
Of offered Mr.. Everett $1,000 Tor the ben NJ OF the
Mount Vernon Association If he would write ono
article a week for year. He accepted the OFFER ard
these famous tho result. Norwood
Henry Ward Deechsr's onv romance was written for
The Ledger at my request in 1867 paid
lin $4,000 for it, Hunted Down. the only story that
Charles Dickens wros for American pub icatlon.
was by him for The Legec and mailo across to
me three years teiore he died. In 1868 srace
Greel-y's 'Recollectons OF Busy Lie appeared In
the columns OF The Ledger About twelve years
ago for short poem paid Tenn son 5000.
the highest price paid for b. this length
In the worIi william Cullen Bryant. George Bancroft
and many other welknOwn authors have also been con-
trbdors
81 h We published series Of articles OF twelve
Twelve articles of advice young men. by twelve
oil hssi
yard Ya.e and Princeon twelve articles Ivy twelve
United states Senator'S and so on. had very remark
able feature when got articles from the elder
Bennett. Greeley and Raymond the three hons of tie
daily press who were constantly quarreillng
and published them all In the same num-
Der That was about twesty-1ve years ago.
The Rev. Dr. Tying. OF St Georges Church. u leading
Epic pal clergy man. wrote ov'l Tor TIE Lefger 'r
John iial has long been contributor lie ias written
many OF The notices 10 correspondents thu a. pear
weekly Horace Greeley used !" write NAM OF these AS
well d number or articles on um~ly topics Bishop
CLARK If Rhode Island. Is another Of The Led9ers cer-
leal contr butors
SUCCESS DUE TO ADVERTISING.
Eyes, believe in advertising and have always acted
up my belief The first time lie Aen- lOrk Herald
printed sixteen pages was when gave them an eight
page advertise ment at regular rates onor paid IHE
tribune $1,000 for advertisement AMI Traced 1000
letters It You ssk how managed to do that The nm-
Der of Office No A Anns,., and the press room
was No. 4S In that used latter al
was burned out received more pitt and cenioen'e
than liked. BY strenuous eHdeavOrs got the per 10
come out on tine as usual an on me m"rnin- of the
Saturday which It was due published this adver-
tfsement in the newspapers;
The LedGer will ready at the usual hour nowthsiand
There Will eIss ia the puhllca
ne LcGger unless uuncd GU Ofener tan
week.
"Ihe Ledger has had hrre hemes. first In Annst, next
In Beekma ST. ami last at William aud spruce sis The
present building Is tiorongAy hrrproot. me tedger
has never been a poliiIcal paper. but personally
gcDca ally vote Republican shall not
give desk In the Ohcr. but snail counsel and All
wise the from tune to time need res. hO~evcr.
and will seek II and also recreation farm al arrt
town, where ny stud OF fast trotting hor-es Is
have between nfy and -ixy Of them at
40 one Knows Maud and Dexter have
been famous posses-inns III thdt Il e. nrst
bought a horse the advice OF my i'hN stefan. WHO
thought needed toDr exercise. No morse OF uinr has
ever raced tor a dollar think gentleman can enjoy
the sport without making gambler Of NJ nsef own
siderable real estate to which OF course shall have
10 devote affection. have not yet July made up NY
mind to aOroad Ihnk should prefer to travel
good deal ia Is country Hrst."